Curbing-block.



L. DARGENTO.

CURBING BLOCK.

APPLICATON mm 050. I6, 1915.

.1 204,95; 1 Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

I I -1 I INVENTOR LOUIS DARG-ENTO, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CURBING-BLOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Application filed December 16, 1915. Serial No. 67,200.

protecting the side face and corner of the curbing next to the road bed.

To this and other ends, the invention consists in certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, the'novel features being pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View showing the curbing formed from blocks embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of one end of a curbing block; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line a-a, Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates a curbing block formed ofplastic material such as concrete, the shape of the block being immaterial so far as the present invention is concerned. At the upper outer edge of this block, a strip or rod 2 is embedded so that one face thereof is exposed at the upper outer corner or edge, the face of the strip forming a continuation of the adjacent faces of the block and the strip extending throughout the length of .the block. This strip is anchored by a second strip 3 which is embedded in the block so that one face thereof is exposed at and is flush with the outer face of the curbing block at that portion above the line at which the curbing block is buried in the ground. This strip also extends longitudinally of the block and from end to end thereof. The

two strips 2 and 3 are united by connections 4 preferably in the form of U-shaped members spaced apart and integral with the two strips, it being preferred to form the strips 2 and 3 and the connections 4 from a single casting.

With this invention, the outer face of the curbing is protected against the action of vehicles, by two protecting or facing strips which lie flush with the faces of the curbing block at the extreme upper edge of the block and also at a point below the upper edge but abovethat portion which is buried in the ground. In this way, both strips are engaged simultaneously and divide the strain and, at the same time, the strips are rigidly connected together so that one acts as an anchor for the other, the anchoring means serving also to reinforce the block. The strips are introduced into the mold and the concrete is then introduced into the mold box about the reinforcing means.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A curbing block formed of plastic material and having two facing strips extending longitudinally thereof and flush with the faces of the block, one. of said strips being located at the upper, outer corner of the curbing, and the other of said strips being exposed at the other face of the curbing below the said corner, and above the portion of the block to be embedded in the ground, so that a wheel of a vehicle will simultaneously rub against both strips, and substantially U shaped connecting members arranged in spaced relation and having their ends integrally connected to both strips, said members being embedded in the plastic ma terial and projecting'in rear of the rear faces of the strips.

LOUIS DARGENTO.

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Washington, D. G. 

